$25 Amex Statement Credit on Small Business Saturday- 11/24/12 Register starting on 11/18/12

As in years past, American Express is offering a $25 statement credit for local small businesses for purchases $25 or great on Small Business Saturday, which is on 11/24/12. You must register for this promotion to be eligible for the $25 statement credit.

Funny you should mention that...as a way to procrastinate writing about this upcoming storm, I went to look at the SBS website again...and the map was disabled! I'm assuming that they pulled it to add Facebook OpenGraph functionality to it...but here's to hoping they are instead rebuilding the database to show all accepting participants.

Funny you should mention that...as a way to procrastinate writing about this upcoming storm, I went to look at the SBS website again...and the map was disabled! I'm assuming that they pulled it to add Facebook OpenGraph functionality to it...but here's to hoping they are instead rebuilding the database to show all accepting participants.

There is hope for me yet! I hope.

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Hope you are right. Although it seems like they are compressing the time period for registration this year (compared to last year)

Yes, accepted my card through their company as well as my AMEX card through CitiBank/AA. Already have a meal planned at a locally owned restaurant, and a deluxe car wash at a locally owned company, planned for Saturday.

From the way the small print reads, you can register two (or more) cards that are on the same billing account, As long as they have different card numbers. I note that on the HHonors cards, the numbers are different. A nice double dip, I think.

I did the math on this last year -- if I recall after they gave an estimate on the number of participating "cardmembers," though my memory is foggy on that part -- and the numbers boggled my mind. I mean it came to well, well, into the millions of dollars out of American Express Co.'s pocket. I realize part of it is advertising and promotion, and that costs money. I also realize there is perhaps some good citizenship toward small business, as well as the company hoping small businesses will stick with them throughout the year even though the per-transaction fees to the small businesses may be lower with other credit card companies. But even trying to think all that through, the numbers still boggled my little mind. Anyway, thanks for this, American Express Co.!